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The Spaniard Juan Sebastián de Elcano and the Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan were navigators and explorers who jointly sailed under the flag of both Portugal and Spain. Magellan organised an expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, which...
Around the World in Eighty Days is a travel adventure novel by French author Jules Verne (1828-1905), that was published in book form in 1873. Jules Verne is often referred to as being the father of science fiction - his books...
Our last Black Heritage series article brought us up to the year 2019. Now we've reached 2023 and the 46th stamp in the series issued by America's United States Postal Service. So we begin with 2020's stamp that featured...
Today we highlight Finnish innovations depicted on stamps over the last 30 years. This "Made in Finland" stamp sheet contains six domestic no-value indicator stamps that showcase many Finnish innovations that were born out of a need to make daily life...
In 2023 Great Britain's Royal Mail issued yet another in its series of stamps celebrating the careers of famous British rock bands and musicians, this time featuring the "Heavy Metal" band Iron Maiden.
Inexplicably to many heavy metal musicians and...
Here is a very small selection from the hundreds of stamps added daily to PostBeeld's vast stock. For a better insight you are welcome to visit the company's websites.
In 2001 this beautiful stamp sheet was produced by Botswana. It...
There are many postage stamps featuring imaginary characters from children's stories and in 2002 Australia issued a stamp set showing figures from a book written for kids by Australian author John Marsden. Beginning top left we have: the Gnome;...
The person featured on the 2017 Black Heritage stamp was Dorothy Height (1912-2010). She fought long and hard for the rights of women, especially women of colour. Height helped to form the National Women’s Political Caucus in 1971. She...
The year 2022 is the 90th anniversary of the founding of a company that produces one of the most popular toys enjoyed by children and adults alike. Austria saluted the anniversary with the stamp seen here. We are talking...
Crypto stamps have attracted younger people to look at stamp collecting from a completely different angle and the popularity of these items has seen more countries being involved with issuing crypto stamps. Above is the first Crypto stamp. Österreichische...
